Info→Teardrop — MASSIVEATTACK.IE Filming Location: Towerbridge Studios, London, UK Date Of Filming: 25th - 26th March 1998 Video Duration: 04:44 Teardrop began life as a simple harpsichord riff plucked by Neil Davidige one April day in 1997. Mushroom who was the first in the band to hear this solitary riff, took an immediate liking to it and he and Neil Davidige set to further work on it adding sombre piano chords and beats. The working title for it at this time was “No Don’t”. Mushroom’s (whose attachment to the song was very high) number one choice for vocalist for the song was none other than Madonna, who Massive Attack had previously worked with back in 1995 on I Want You . However, both 3D and Daddy G who had both now heard the early demo of the song at this stage, had another vocalist entirely in mind, Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins.

In the two against one split, eventually Mushroom lost out even though not before sending the backing track for Teardrop to Madonna who was apparently in love with the track and was disappointed when the rest of Massive Attack informed her that they already had a vocalist for the song. This is just one of the many occurrences one could cite for Mushroom’s gradual disliking for Massive Attack and of course, gradual departure from the band in 1999. Additional Info Teardrop Is Used As The Main Theme For The Hit Fox TV Show “House” starring Hugh Laurie. Elizabeth Fraser wrote and sang the lyrics for Teardrop soon after famous singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley, her boyfriend at the time had perished in a drowning accident. Some speculate that the lyrics for Teardrop were reflective of her mood at the time and might even subtlety be about Jeff Buckley’s death. Teardrop was the first single released to promote Mezzanine, even though it was not the first single release from the album, what with Risingson being released nearly a year before in the summer of 1997.

The producers behind the 1999 Academy Awarding winning film “American Beauty” had intended to use Teardrop as the main musical theme to accompany the film. Massive Attack objected to the song’s use in the film after reading a brief synopsis of what the film was about. After seeing the finished film, 3D would later comment on how it was a mistake to deny “American Beauty” the use of Teardrop, when the film turned into the big critical success of 1999 at the box office. Teardrop is used as the opening theme music for each episode of the popular medical drama “House” in North America. The producer of the show, Bryan Singer , explicitly wanted Teardrop to be used as the theme tune. However due to licensing issues, outside of the North American market, the Teardrop theme music is replaced by a generic piece of music composed by the show’s in-house composers. This is the music which is usually heard in all broadcast versions in all regions outside of North America.

This other generic piece of theme music was composed to sound very similar to Teardrop without actually being it as the producers could’nt get the rights to the song outside of North America, which has led to some confusion and arguments between fans of the show in North America and internationally. To further complicate the matter, the DVD releases of House outside of North America have begun, from the second season of the show onwards to include the Teardrop theme music intact in the opening, as it was always meant to be. Live Appearances Elizabeth Fraser Performing Teardrop On The 2006 Tour. For the majority of dates on the 1998/1999 tour, Elizabeth Fraser was not available due to the fact that she was pregnant at the time. She did however put in a memorable appearance at the Royal Albert Hall gig in June 1998 . Her vocals on Teardrop for this tour, were done instead by Debbie Miller. On the 2003 and 2004 tour, Liz Fraser was still not present, and now her vocals were substituted with Dot Allison’s.

For the 2006 tour Elizabeth Fraser would finally return to performing live and singing her vocals for not only Teardrop but the other Liz Fraser tracks on Mezzanine, and proceeded to do the whole tour with Massive Attack. In 2008, the vocal duties would fall to new singer Stephanie Dosen. For the 2009/2010 Heligoland tour, singer Martina Topley-Bird performed the song to a visual accompaniment on the LED screen from the street graffiti/photographer JR . Variations/Remixes Scream Team Remix – A remix credited to both Primal Scream and Brendan Lynch operating under the name Scream Team. Massive Attack would repay Primal Scream the remixing favour on their Exterminator track in 2000. Appears on all single releases. Mad Professor Mazaruni Vocal Mix – UK dub producer and well known Massive Attack remixer puts his own style down on this particular remix. Included only on the promo and 12″ single releases, until the arrival of the Singles 90/98 Box Set where this remix was included on CD.

Mad Professor Mazaruni Instrumental Mix – Similar to the vocal mix, except the vocals, while still present(despite being billed an instrumental) are used more as echo effects throughout the song, typical to a lot of the Mad Professor’s repertoire. Appears on all single releases. Chemical Brothers Remix – Never released, unfinished remix of Massive Attack’s Teardrop by The Chemical Brothers, broadcast April 8, 2011 on BBC’s Radio 1. It was played in Tom Rowlands’s DJ mix during the one hour Chemical Brothers Radio 1 Takeover, as part of Pete Tong’s 20 Year Celebration. Sampled From Jazz piano player Les McCann’s song “Sometimes I Cry” was sampled for Teardrop. It appears primarily on Les McCann’s 1972 release Layers. It is not credited officially by Massive Attack. Covered By Gary Barlow featured in the promo video for The Collective’s high profile cover version of Teardrop in November 2011. Watch that video here on YouTube. Teardrop has been covered several times by many artists usually only as a live performance.

Artists which have performed Teardrop live are Elbow, Incubus, Jamie Cullum, Jose Gonzalez,Newton Faulkner and Our Lady Peace. There are also a large amount of amateur singers covering this song, as can be evidenced by doing a search for such covers on YouTube. In November 2011, the most high profile cover of Teardrop was released. The song was covered by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow’s assembled group named The Collective and released as the official single for Children in Need 2011 in the UK. It featured vocal performances by several notable names in the UK’s current pop and grime scenes including Chipmunk, Dot Rotten, Ed Sheeran, Ms. Dynamite, Mz. Bratt, Tulisa Contostavlos , Rizzle Kicks, Tinchy Stryder and Wretch 32. The cover version garnered largely negative reviews and entered the charts at number 24 – the worst chart performance of any Children In Need Song in 16 years. Notable Quotes 3D on Teardrop – “It’s a moment of light relief from some of the other moments of the album really.

It was quite a simple track musically to create and we weren’t sure what to do with it” [ChannelV TV – June 1998] Mushroom on the choice of Liz Fraser over Madonna for vocalist – “It sounds good now” [Q Magazine – January 1999] Daddy G on the bust-up with Mushroom during the making of Teardrop – “At the time, it seemed like an act of treachery” [Q Magazine – January 1999] Lyrics Teardrop Was Originally Intended To Be Sung By Madonna Under The Tentative Working Title Of “No Don’t”. Love, love is a verb. Love is a doing word. Feathers on my breath. Gentle impulsion Shakes me, makes me lighter. Feathers on my breath. Teardrop on the fire. Feathers on my breath. Nine night of matter. Black flowers blossom. Feathers on my breath. Black flowers blossom. Feathers on my breath. Teardrop on the fire. Feathers on my… Water is my eye. Most faithful mirror. Feathers on my breath. Teardrop on the fire. Of a confession. Feathers on my breath. Most faithful mirror.

Feathers on my breath. Teardrop on the fire. Feathers on my breath. You’re stumbling a little… You’re stumbling a little… Promo Video Walter Stern, the director of the promo video for Teardrop, who won an MTV Europe Music Video Award for his work. The baby fetus featured in the video was a life-size animatronic puppet made of mainly silicon which had taken six weeks prior to filming to construct. The rather unique video for Teardrop won several awards throughout 1998, including the MTV Europe Award for Best Video, which was where the Sarah Freguson incident occurred. An edited version of Teardrop is used for the video reducing the length of the video to nearly a minute shorter than the album version. This edit does not appear on any other release besides the video. Walter Stern had previously directed for Massive Attack the video for Risingson . He would later go on to direct the video for Angel . Quotes About The Video 3D on the fetus imagery used in the video for Teardrop – “It was Walter Stern’s idea. He’s the director who does a lot of The Prodigy videos. It’s more or less a celebration of life.

We didn’t know whether to go with it or not, because it looks a bit dodgy but it actually turned out to look quite nice. The idea for the video came well after the song was recorded” [Undercover Magazine – May 1998] 3D on the video for Teardrop – “It stands out so much. Its such an instantly beautiful piece of imagery and it really worked with the song straight away for us” [FHM Magazine – November 2001] House Community - TV.com Preview Cancel Important: You must only upload images which you have created yourself or that you are expressly authorised or licensed to upload. By clicking "Publish", you are confirming that the image fully complies with TV.com’s Terms of Use and that you own all rights to the image or have authorization to upload it. Please read the following before uploading Do not upload anything which you do not own or are fully licensed to upload. The images should not contain any sexually explicit content, race hatred material or other offensive symbols or images. Remember: Abuse of the TV.com image system may result in you being banned from uploading images or from the entire site – so, play nice and respect the rules!

Post House: The doctor is OUT This is a busy time of year on the set of many television shows, as several favorite programs are deep into 13-hour-day, six-days-a-week production schedules in order to meet deadlines. So now would be a very bad time for the star of a major television hit to take some time off...which is exactly what the face of House has done. Actor Hugh Laurie, who plays Dr. Gregory House on the show, took an unexpected hiatus from production on Thursday to rush home to his native England, reports Variety . Publicists are saying that he had to attend to "family obligations," but Variety doesn't sound convinced. "Adding to Thursday's mystery is that producers of the show were oddly tight-lipped, instantly referring media inquiries to publicists," reads the article. "In addition, Laurie's rep, Brandt Joel, just left [agency] CAA for Endeavor." Representatives for Laurie said that the leave of ... House House House stars British actor Hugh Laurie as the American title character Dr. Gregory House , a role for which he received the 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe Award and the 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama .

In February 2007 , House was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on September 25 , 2007 in the United States and Canada . [2] [3] Contents See also: List of House episodes Gregory House , M.D. , is a maverick medical genius , who heads a team of young diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey . Most episodes start with a cold open somewhere outside the hospital, showing the events leading to the onset of symptoms for that week's main patient . The episode follows the team in their attempts to diagnose and treat the patient's illness . House's nationally-renowned department typically only sees patients who have failed to receive a correct diagnosis at other hospitals, so the cases tend to be exceptionally complex and subtle. Furthermore, House tends to resist accepting cases that he doesn't find interesting. The team arrives at diagnoses using the Socratic method and differential diagnosis , with House guiding the deliberations. House often discounts the information and opinions from his underlings, pointing out that their contributions have missed various relevant factors. The patient is usually misdiagnosed over the course of each episode and treated with medications appropriate to the misdiagnoses.

This usually causes further complications in the patient, but in turn helps lead House and his team to the correct diagnosis by using the new symptoms. Often the ailment cannot be easily deduced because the patient has lied about symptoms and circumstances. House frequently mutters, "Everybody lies," or proclaims during the team's deliberations: "The patient is lying," or "The symptoms never lie." Even when not stated explicitly, this assumption guides House's decisions and diagnoses. House's begrudging fulfillment of his mandatory walk-in clinic duty is a recurring subplot on the show. During clinic duty, House confounds patients with an eccentric bedside manner and unorthodox treatments, but impresses them with rapid and accurate diagnoses after seemingly not paying attention. Realizations made during some of the simple problems House faces in the clinic often help him solve the main case. Episodes frequently feature the practice of entering a patient's house with or without the owner's permission in order to search for clues that might suggest a certain pathology . The creator, David Shore , originally intended for the show to be a CSI -type show where the "germs were the suspects," [4] but has since shifted much of the focus to the characters rather than concentrating solely on the environment.

Another large portion of the plot centers on House's abuse of Vicodin and other drugs to manage pain stemming from an infarction in his quadriceps muscle some years prior, which causes him to walk with a cane . The pain and substance abuse act to increase many of his more objectionable character traits while not impairing his medical acumen, which leads him to often self-medicate . House is in many respects a medical Sherlock Holmes . This resemblance is evident in various elements of the series' plot, such as House's reliance on psychology to solve a case, House's drug addiction , House's home address, House's playing of an instrument, House's relationship with Dr. James Wilson (a reference to Dr. John Watson ), and House's encounter with a crazed gunman credited as " Moriarty ", which is the same name as Holmes' nemesis. Also, series creator David Shore has said that Dr. House's name is meant as a "subtle homage" to Sherlock Holmes (i.e., "homes"). [5] [6] Main article: List of House characters The first three seasons had Foreman, Cameron, and Chase as House's team members. At the end of season 3, Foreman and Cameron resigned and Chase was fired.

For season 4, House hired 40 doctors which he narrowed down to Taub, Kutner, and "Thirteen". Chase and Cameron are still employed at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital and as of " Guardian Angels " Foreman has been rehired by Cuddy back to House's team. Character House is aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company . The series is a co-production of Heel and Toe Films ( Paul Attanasio and Katie Jacobs), Shore Z Productions ( David Shore ), and Bad Hat Harry Productions ( Bryan Singer ) in association with the NBC Universal Television Studio (formed after General Electric , the owners of NBC , bought Universal Studios from Vivendi Universal ) for FOX. All three companies are responsible for production and all four people are executive producers of the show. David Shore's ideas for House, M.D. are inspired by the writings of Berton Roueche.

[13] The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmy awarded the Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special Award to Dalia Dokter, Department Head Prosthetic Makeup Artist,Jamie Kelman, Prosthetic Makeup Artist, and Ed French, Prosthetic Makeup Artist for the House, M.D. episode entitled "Que Sera Sera". for FOX, produced by Heel and Toe Productions, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions in association with Universal Television Studios. The 58th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmy nominations recognized Derek R. Hill, Production Designer and Danielle Berman, S.D.S.A., Set Decorator for their "Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series" As of season 2, episode "TB or Not TB," a German production company, Moratim, is credited in the copyright notice instead of Universal Network Television. (Moratim Produktions GmbH & Co. KG, of Pullach im Isartal, Germany). Moratim produced five episodes. [ edit ] Casting The producers were reportedly dissatisfied with early auditions for the role of Greg House .

When Hugh Laurie auditioned, he apologized for his appearance as he was filming Flight of the Phoenix at the time. [14] Laurie's American accent was reportedly so flawless that Bryan Singer singled him out as an example of a real American actor, being unaware of Laurie's background. [15] Laurie later stated that his original impression was that the show was about Dr. James Wilson . The script referred to Wilson as a doctor with "boyish" looks, and Laurie assumed that Wilson was the central character and that House was the "sidekick" (the show was not yet titled House at that point). It was not until he received the full teleplay of the pilot that he realized that House was the protagonist. [16] Laurie, whose father was a doctor himself, said he felt guilty for "being paid more to become a fake version of my own father" after being cast as House. [17] [ edit ] Theme music In North America (and some countries elsewhere) the opening theme of the series is " Teardrop " by Massive Attack .

"Teardrop" has lyrics, sung by guest vocalist Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins ; however, the version used in the opening credits uses only the beginning and ending sections, which are solely instrumental. Due to rights and licensing issues, in most countries a piece of music named "House End Credits" is used, which was composed specifically for the show by Jon Ehrlich, Jason Derlatka, and Leigh Roberts. With the second season, this was replaced with a similar track by only Ehrlich and Roberts. This theme tune, however, is only used in the televised broadcast. In the DVD release (Season 2), the original (American) theme is used. In Italy , opening themes for season 1–2 and season 3 are switched, so that the original "Teardrop" is used for season 3, while both Season 1 and 2 use the edited version. The parodic British television show Dead Ringers , which sometimes spoofs House, uses "Teardrop" for the spoof's opening theme. "Teardrop" is also used in the season 2 region 2 and region 4 release, replacing the "House" theme at the beginning of the episode.

[ edit ] Filming Exterior shots of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital are actually of Princeton University's Frist Campus Center , which is the University's student center . Filming does not, however, take place there. [18] Instead, it takes place on the FOX lot in Century City and on location in Vancouver , British Columbia . [19] September 17 , 2007 Despite the series being filmed for widescreen (16:9) television, the First Season DVD set is in 4:3 format, although the Region 1 release has letterboxes , thereby still presenting images in their entirety, whereas the other regions have a cropped fullscreen format, thereby losing the later portions of the image. [20] The Second Season DVD set, on the other hand, presents the show in its original widescreen format in all regions, except for the Spanish release that still has fullscreen format. [ edit ] Notes ^ Due to rights and licensing issues, Teardrop cannot be used in some countries, so "House End Credits" replaces Teardrop as the opening theme in those countries. Amazon.com: House (Complete Series) - 46-DVD Box Set ( House M.D. ) ( Dr.

House - Seasons 1-8 (176 Episodes) ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]: Candice Bergen, Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer, Lisa Edelstein, Bobbin Bergstrom, Jennifer Morrison, Peter Jacobson, Olivia Wilde, Deran Sarafian, Greg Yaitanes, House (Complete Series) - 46-DVD Box Set ( House M.D. ) ( Dr. House - Seasons 1-8 (176 Episodes) ), House (Complete Series) - 46-DVD Box Set, House M.D., Dr. House - Seasons 1-8 (176 Episodes): Movies & TV By Michael on January 2, 2015 Format: Blu-ray|Verified Purchase In terms of pros, everything is there. Every episode in stunning 1080p and sounds great. There really isn't much else to add in that regard, no duplicated or missing discs. So it's exactly what you're ordering. There are a couple of nit-picks though.

There is no episode guide in this set, even the blu-rays themselves don't have episode names when you're playing the discs, only numbers. So you'll need to know your House episodes when looking for a specific episode. The special features are what you'll find on the individual DVD releases, nothing new here. Each individual season is in it's own blu-ray case stacked inside the box, the only gripe I've got is that the blu-ray cases are kinda hard to close. They're built exactly like those older plastic VHS cases. You have to pull the cover of the case and pinch the sides to close it, kinda like a pizza box. It's an odd choice to go back to. It's by no means a big deal, just worth noting. Also, this release does not feature the Teardrop by Massive Attack theme song, only the same theme song you'll hear on the Netflix releases. Overall - I'm happy to actually have this entire collection in High Definition on a physical media. I've watched this show a dozen times and will probably watch it a few dozen more.

By Anonymous on August 28, 2015 Format: Blu-ray|Verified Purchase It is region-free (it will play on all blu-ray players), has all 177 episodes on 39 disks as advertised and its at a great price. The episodes are in 16:9 (1:1.78) fullscreen (no black bars) and are in the expected blu-ray quality. The only issues are that you have to select your language every time (may just be my old blu-ray player) out of about 10 languages (Japanese is at the top and English is the second). There are absolutely no lists of all the episodes on the boxes nor on the menus - they are all just numbers (see picture included for picture of the menu) - so you will have to look them up or print off a list from Wikipedia or something if you really want the list of episode names. The menu is very simple and has no words, but rather just symbols. The book icon is the episode list.

(see menu picture) By HardToPlease on April 1, 2013 Format: DVD|Verified Purchase Let's face it, most of us, when buying an entire series, want it to be of high quality, reasonably priced, complete with all episodes and a minimum amount of extraneous "additional" features, i.e. pamphlets, photos and other stuff that may raise the cost of the purchase and which most of us don't want and won't read anyway. I mean, after all is said and done we just want to watch the programs. I have throughly enjoyed this set. The discs were all there when I opened the set (you'd be surprized how often a disc is missing or duplicated leaving the set incomplete) and there was a very brief synopsis of each episode within the DVD case. The subtitles were in English and Spanish and were "almost" verbatim to the dialog unlike some subtitles that I have experienced where the subtitle replaces whole phrases and words and really has nothing to do with what the actor had just said. Disc one of each Season also included "Special Features" for which I can't tell you what the features covered as I don't watch them. Just wanted to mention that they exist.

Although there was a small pamphlet contained in the set it was not too burdensome to the reader. One part, "House-isms," was very funny and I had heard them used, some of them many, many times, throughout the series. The main characters (House, Cuddy & Wilson) comment on their characters character and how they interact with each other. There is also a Season & Episode guide to help you find a special episode without having to open and search each DVD case. There is a section that addresses the ideas of how House was developed as well as how the characters were developed. There are also some quotes, from the famous and not-so-famous. The average time to read the pamphlet is about 20-30 minutes if you stop to think and consider what you've just read :-) Bottom line: House, The Complete Series is well put together and worth the cost. I have recommended this set to several of my friends and family who like this series as much as I do. BUT, I had an ulterior motive for recommending this set so strongly, I don't want to lend my set to ANYONE no matter if they were friend and/or family.

To lend this set is just setting me up to have arguments due to a disc being returned with a scratch/scratches, being returned with one or more discs missing or other damage that can happen. So....rather than go through stressful arguments I ALWAYS recommend and NEVER loan. Just in case I have been too subtle let me just say, BUY House: The Complete Series! It's worth the money and then some! By Rose on June 1, 2014 Format: DVD|Verified Purchase I am a House fanatic, there's not a week that goes by that I don't pull out a DVD to look at. Certain shows you can't get enough of watching no matter how many times you've seen them, but for me, no matter how many times I watch them, I always seem to see something a little different that I somehow missed seeing before, which is strange, because it's the same DVD, really weird, huh. Anyway, I love watching his antics, but mostly how he go about finding solutions to his patients problems, hated he had the drug problem, but that only added to the real world situations that can even happen to so-called pillars of society.

It also showed the different aspects of how coping mechanisms come into play from the character himself, his friends, co-workers, employer and even the patients. But most of all, he was passionate about medicine and he cared, even though he tried to make them think the opposite. Hey, don't take my word for it, get them and judge for yourself, I truly recommend you do, you might become a "House Fan" too. I wish someone will bring it back, I'm sure they can get enough material from real life situations, oh well, now you know one of my secret wishes. LOL House (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia House (TV series) Official website House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show was created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer . The show revolves around Dr. Gregory House ( British actor Hugh Laurie ), a cynical medical genius with a damaged leg arising from an incorrect diagnosis and an addiction to painkillers , who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH).

The show's premise was created by Shore, who got the idea for the curmudgeonly title character from a visit to a teaching hospital. Initially, Singer wanted an American to play House, but British actor Hugh Laurie's audition convinced him that a foreign actor could play the role. Shore wrote House as a character with parallels to Sherlock Holmes ; both are forensic geniuses, musicians, drug users, aloof, and largely friendless. The show is filmed in Century City , although it takes place in New Jersey . Dr. House often clashes with his boss, hospital administrator and Dean of Medicine, Dr. Lisa Cuddy ( Lisa Edelstein ), because his theories about a patient's illness tend to be based on subtle or controversial insights. House's only true friend is Dr. James Wilson ( Robert Sean Leonard ), head of the Department of Oncology . House's original diagnostic team consisted of Dr. Robert Chase ( Jesse Spencer ), Dr. Allison Cameron ( Jennifer Morrison ), and Dr. Eric Foreman ( Omar Epps ). In the fourth season, this team is disbanded and House gradually whittles down a field of forty applicants to a new team consisting of Dr. Foreman, Dr.

Remy "Thirteen" Hadley ( Olivia Wilde ), Dr. Chris Taub ( Peter Jacobson ), and Dr. Lawrence Kutner ( Kal Penn ). The original doctors still recur throughout the series. House has received much critical acclaim and gained high ratings ever since its premiere. During the 2007–08 United States television season , the series was the most-watched scripted program on TV and the third-most-watched program overall, behind American Idol and Dancing with the Stars . [1] The show has also received various awards and nominations , including a Peabody Award , two Golden Globe Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards . In 2008, Shore announced that a spin-off, centering on a character introduced in season five, will be created. As of 2009, House is in its fifth season. Contents [ edit ] Development "We knew the network was looking for procedurals , and Paul [Attanasio] came up with this medical procedural that was like a cop procedural . The suspects were the germs. But I quickly became to realize that we needed a character element. I mean, germs don't have motives". —Shore to Writer's Guild Magazine.

[2] In 2004 creator David Shore and executive producers Katie Jacobs and Paul Attanasio pitched House to Fox Broadcasting Company ("FOX") as a CSI -typed [3] medical detective show; a hospital whodunit where the doctors would be the sleuths looking for the source of symptoms. [4] Attanasio had come to the idea of a medical procedural show after reading an article about obscure diseases in The New York Times . [5] FOX bought the show, on the condition that there would not be "white coats down the hallway". [6] Once the pilot was sold, the idea of a curmudgeonly title character was added. [4] Shore traced the concept for such a character to his background as an inexperienced young doctor at a teaching hospital. [7] Shore recalled that "I knew, as soon as I left the room, they would be mocking me relentlessly [for my cluelessness...] and I thought that it would be interesting to see a character who actually did that before they left the room." [8] A central part of the show's premise was that the main character would be disabled in some way.

[9] Initially, House was to be confined to a wheelchair, but FOX turned down this interpretation (for which the crew was later grateful.) The wheelchair became a scar on House's leg, which later turned into a bad leg necessitating the use of a cane. [9] The show was created under the working title Chasing Zebras, Circling the Drain. [10] Shore's ideas for House are inspired by the writings of Berton Roueché , a The New Yorker staff writer who chronicled intriguing medical cases between 1940 and 1990. [4] [11] [ edit ] Parallels to Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes serves as an inspiration for the series. Similarities between House and the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes appear throughout the series; [12] Shore explained that he was always a Sherlock Holmes fan, and found the character's traits of indifference to his clients unique. [8] The resemblance is evident in various elements of the series' plot, such as House's reliance on psychology to solve a case, his reluctance to accept cases he does not find interesting and House's home address (apartment 221B, the same address as Holmes's home ).

[13] Other similarities between House and Holmes include the playing of an instrument (Holmes plays the violin, House the piano and guitar), drug addiction (House to Vicodin and Holmes to cocaine ) and House's relationship with Dr. James Wilson, who parallels Dr. John Watson . [14] Robert Sean Leonard , who portrays Wilson, has said that House and his character were originally intended to play the roles of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in the series although he believes that House's team has assumed the Watson role. [15] Various characters on the show have names similar to characters from the Sherlock Holmes universe, in the season two finale " No Reason ", House is shot by a crazed gunman credited as " Moriarty ", which is the same name as Holmes's nemesis. [16] Also, the main patient in the pilot episode is named Rebecca Adler, after Irene Adler , a female character from the first Sherlock Holmes short story. [17] David Shore has said that Dr. House's name is meant as "a subtle homage" to Sherlock Holmes (i.e., homes).

[10] [18] In the season four episode " It's a Wonderful Lie ", House receives a "second edition Conan Doyle " as a Christmas gift. [19] In the Season 5 episode " Joy to the World ", House receives a book by Joseph Bell (who served as inspiration for Sherlock Holmes), [20] as a Christmas present from Wilson, along with a message that says "Greg, It made me think of you", Wilson also mentions a certain Irene Adler as the alleged sender of the present before he took credit for it. [21] [ edit ] Crew House is a co-production of Heel and Toe Films , Shore Z Productions , and Bad Hat Harry Productions in association with the NBC Universal Television Group for FOX. [22] [23] David Shore , the head of Shore Z Productions, Bryan Singer , the head of Bad Hat Harry Productions and Paul Attanasio and Katie Jacobs , the heads of Heel and Toe Films, serve executive producers for the show, since its first season, [7] as well as Thomas L. Moran, who joined after the initial airing of the pilot episode. [24] Russel Friend and Garret Lerner are executive producers from the second season onwards.

[25] As of the start of House's fifth season, lead actor Hugh Laurie also started working as an executive producer for the series. [26] House was inspired by a monthly column called Diagnosis, written by Lisa Sanders, M.D., published in The New York Times Magazine . Sanders, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine , was hired as a technical advisor to the show, [27] along with two other technical advisors. [28] Bobbin Bergstrom, who is a registered nurse in real life, works as a medical advisor for the show and has a small recurring role on the series as a nurse. [28] [ edit ] Casting "It wasn't a massive move when I first considered (doing House). What usually happens, is you do a pilot and of the very few picked up, only about a quarter go to a second year. So I thought I'll have three fun weeks. I never dreamt I'd be here three-and-a-half-years later". — Hugh Laurie .

[29] Producer Bryan Singer originally demanded that an American actor play the role of House; according to Singer, the more foreign actors he watched audition for the part, the more sure he was that an American was needed. [30] At the time of the casting session, actor Hugh Laurie was filming the movie Flight of the Phoenix . [31] He put together an audition tape of his own in a Namibian hotel bathroom, the only place with enough light, [30] and apologized for its appearance (which Singer compared to a " bin Laden video"). [32] Laurie improvised by using an umbrella for a cane. [33] Singer was impressed by Laurie's performance and commented on how well the "American actor" was able to grasp the character, not realizing Laurie is British. [8] Although actors such as Dennis Leary , Rob Morrow and Patrick Dempsey were all considered for the part, Shore, Jacobs and Attanasio were as impressed as Singer, and decided to cast Laurie as House.

[34] After being cast for the part, Laurie, whose father Ran Laurie was a doctor himself, said he felt guilty for "being paid more to become a fake version of my own father." [30] Laurie later stated, on an episode of Inside the Actor's Studio that his original impression was that the show was about Dr. James Wilson . The script referred to Wilson as a doctor with "boyish" looks, and Laurie assumed that Wilson was the central character and that House was the "sidekick" (the show was not yet titled House at that point). It was not until he received the full teleplay of the pilot that he realized that House was the protagonist. [35] [36] Leonard had also received the script for CBS' Numb3rs Aside from having received the script for House, actor Robert Sean Leonard (Dr. James Wilson), had also received the script for the CBS show Numb3rs . [37] He thought the script was "kind of cool" and planned to audition for the show.

[37] However, he changed his mind because the character he would portray, Charlie Eppes , was in too many scenes, as Leonard commented "The less I work, the happier I am". [37] He didn't believe he auditioned well, but that his longtime friendship with Singer helped him get the part. [37] On the Rod Ryan show, Leonard mentioned that he had some familiarity with doctors, because his father-in-law was a doctor. [38] Singer was a fan of Lisa Edelstein 's portrayal of a prostitute on The West Wing , and sent her a copy of the pilot script. [39] Edelstein was attracted to the show's "smart writing", and was cast as Dr. Lisa Cuddy . [39] Australian actor Jesse Spencer 's agent suggested that Spencer audition for the role of Chase, but he was hesitant, fearing the show might be similar to General Hospital . Once the actor saw the scripts, he changed his mind; [40] Spencer then persuaded the producers to change his character into an Australian. [41] Omar Epps , who plays Dr.

Eric Foreman on the show, says that he was inspired by his earlier portrayal of a troubled intern on the NBC medical drama ER . [42] Jennifer Morrison felt that her audition was "the worst she had ever done". [43] However, Singer had watched footage of her on two shows, one of which was an episode of Dawson's Creek , before she auditioned and already knew he wanted her for the part. [43] In the season three finale, " Human Error ", House fires Chase, while Foreman and Cameron ( Jennifer Morrison ) both quit their jobs. [44] Following these events, House is required to hire a new diagnostic team out of 40 applicants.

[45] As House randomly fires some of them, he narrows the group down to seven applicants; Travis Brennan ( Andy Comeau ), an epidemiologist , [46] [47] Jeffrey Cole ( Edi Gathegi ), a geneticist , [48] a former Medical School Admissions Officer named Henry Dobson ( Carmen Argenziano ), [49] Lawrence Kutner ( Kal Penn ), a sports medicine specialist, [50] Chris Taub ( Peter Jacobson ), a former plastic surgeon , [51] Remy " Thirteen " Hadley ( Olivia Wilde ), an Internal medicine specialist [52] and Amber Volakis ( Anne Dudek ), an interventional radiologist . [53] Producers were originally planning to hire two new players full-time (with Foreman, who returned in " Mirror Mirror ", adding the team back up to three members), but instead decided to hire three. [54] The writers of the show fired a character in each episode, resulting in neither the producers nor the cast knowing who was going to be hired until the very last minute. [55] As revealed in the episode " Games ", House's new team consists of Dr. Kutner, Dr.

Taub and Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley. [56] [57] None of the actors that were not hired have returned on the show since their departure. However, since the crew was so fond of Dudek, they hired her to recur until the season finale [58] by writing Amber into the series as Wilson's girlfriend. [59] [ edit ] Opening sequence The show's title is shown with Dr. House watching through an MRI (a scene from the first episode of season 1). [60] The opening sequence has a different background for each cast member's name. For instance, Omar Epps's name appears with a rib cage on the background, and Jesse Spencer's name is shown with a drawing of a spine in the background. Executive producer Katie Jacobs explained that the backgrounds don't have any "specific" meaning; however, the last shot, that says "Created by David Shore " on the neck of a body, explains that Shore is "the brain of the show".

[61] Originally, the producers of the show wanted to use shots of a cane and of a Vicodin bottle, but FOX did not agree with those, this resulting that, as a replacement, Jennifer Morrison's name has a shot of rowers on Princeton University's Lake Carnegie in the background. [61] In North America (and some countries elsewhere) the opening theme of the series is " Teardrop " by Massive Attack . [62] [63] "Teardrop" has lyrics, sung by guest vocalist Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins ; however, the version used in the opening credits uses only the beginning and ending sections, which are solely instrumental. [64] The satirical British television show Dead Ringers , which sometimes spoofs House, uses "Teardrop" for the spoof's opening theme. In the fourth-season finale, an acoustic version of "Teardrop" performed by José González (with lyrics) is heard during the episode as part of the background music. [65] The version was later made available as a free download via the music-sharing website Last.fm .

[66] The opening sequence received an Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2005; [67] however, the eventual recipents of the award were the title designers of Huff . [68] [ edit ] Filming style and locations The back entrance of Frist Campus Center House episodes often use the " walk and talk " filming technique (also called "pedeconferencing") [6] [69] made popular by Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme in television series such as Sports Night and The West Wing . [70] The technique consists of tracking two or more characters backwards as they walk from one location to another, usually discussing the topic of the meeting they are heading to, or in this show's case, the patient's condition, test results, and diagnosis. [70] Executive producer Katie Jacobs said that the crew of House frequently uses the "walk and talk" technique because, as she explained "when you put a scene on the move, it’s a different way of creating an urgency and an intensity".

[6] Exterior shots of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital are actually of Princeton University's Frist Campus Center (which is the University's student center ) [a] , University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California , [71] although episode filming does not take place there. Instead, it takes place on the FOX lot in Century City , [28] with the exception of the pilot episode, which was shot in Canada . [32] —Creator David Shore . [72] Gregory House , M.D. , is a misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey . [60] Most episodes start with a cold open , somewhere outside the hospital, showing the events leading up to the onset of symptoms for that episode's main patient. [73] The episode follows the team in their attempts to diagnose and treat the patient's illness. [73] [74] Most of the time they do not succeed until the patient is critical. [73] House's world-renowned department typically only sees patients who have failed to receive a correct diagnosis, making the patients' cases complex.

[75] Furthermore, House rejects cases that he does not find interesting. [76] Although the show revolves around diagnosing the patient, it focuses on the characters rather than concentrating solely on the environment. [3] The team arrives at diagnoses using differential diagnosis , [74] with House guiding the deliberations, using a whiteboard , on which he writes and strikes off possible symptoms and diseases with a marker. [77] The patient is usually misdiagnosed over the course of the episode and treated with medications appropriate to the misdiagnosis. [74] This usually causes further complications in the patient, but in turn helps lead House and his team to the correct diagnosis, since the complications can often be seen as new symptoms. Usually, House comes up with the correct diagnosis in the middle of a conversation or due to a remark made by another character. [74] Often the ailment cannot be easily deduced because the patient has lied about symptoms, circumstances, and/or his or her personal history. House frequently mutters, "Everybody lies", or proclaims during the team's deliberations: "The patient is lying", or "The symptoms never lie".

[78] Even when not stated explicitly, this assumption guides House's decisions and diagnoses. [78] Because House's theories about a patient's illness tend to be based on an epiphany or controversial insights, he often has trouble obtaining permission from his boss, hospital administrator Dr. Lisa Cuddy , to perform medical procedures he thinks are necessary, especially when the procedures involve a high degree of risk or are ethically dubious. A clash also persists with House and his team, especially Dr. Allison Cameron , whose views in medical ethics are far more established and moral than the other characters. [79] House is also required to spend time treating patients in the hospital's walk-in clinic in the hope that the interactions will improve his bedside manner. [80] House's grudging fulfillment of this duty or creative methods of avoiding it is a recurring subplot on the show. [73] During clinic duty, House confounds patients with unwelcome insights into their personal lives, eccentric prescriptions, and unorthodox treatments but impresses them with rapid and accurate diagnoses after seemingly not paying attention. [81] Realizations made during some of the simple problems House faces in the clinic often help him solve the main case.

[74] "It's not a show about addiction, but you can't throw something like this into the mix and not expect it to be noticed and commented on, there have been references to the amount of his consumption increasing over time. It's becoming less and less useful a tool for dealing with his pain, and it's something we're going to continue to deal with, continue to explore". —Shore on House's Vicodin addiction. [82] Another large portion of the plot centers on House's abuse of Vicodin to manage pain stemming from an infarction in his quadriceps muscle some years earlier, an injury that forces him to walk with a cane. [83] In the episode " Detox ", House admits he is addicted to Vicodin, but says he does not have a problem because, "[The pills] let me do my job, and they take away my pain." [b] His addiction has led two of his colleagues, doctors James Wilson and Lisa Cuddy, to encourage him to go to drug rehabilitation several times, but no attempts have successfully gotten House off the drug.

[84] Sometimes when House does not have access to Vicodin, or when he perceives the Vicodin alone is not enough to relieve his pain, he self-medicates with other narcotic pain relievers such as oxycodone and morphine , and once, methadone . [85] Main article: List of House characters For casting information, see above The main characters of season five of House, left to right: Wilson, Hadley, Chase, Kutner, House, Foreman, Cuddy, Cameron, Taub During the first three seasons, House's Department of Diagnostic Medicine consists of three other doctors: Eric Foreman , Allison Cameron , and Robert Chase . [60] At the end of the third season, Foreman announces his resignation, telling House, "I don't want to turn into you." [c] Soon after, in the season three finale , House fires Chase saying that he has either learned everything he can, or he has not learned anything at all. [44] Cameron subsequently resigns, having developed a soft spot for Chase. [44] [86] This leaves House without a team for the season four premiere .

[87] At the end of the fourth season premiere, House considers forty new doctors for the Department of Diagnostic Medicine, assigning them all numbers from one to forty. [45] [88] [89] Early episodes of season four focus on cases that House uses to narrow the forty applicants down to three new employees. [45] He makes a reality TV -style game out of it using diagnostic cases as contests. [90] He eventually eliminates thirty-seven of them, hiring Chris Taub , Lawrence Kutner , and Remy " Thirteen " Hadley as his new team members. [91] [92] Dr. Foreman rejoins the team after getting fired from a new job at a different hospital. [93] Cuddy rehires Foreman at the same salary after she determines he won't be able to get a job anywhere else because he has become too much like House. [88] Chase and Cameron are still employed at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in different departments although Wilson and Cuddy briefly attempt to convince House otherwise. [89] Gregory House ( Hugh Laurie ), the maverick and misanthrope protagonist of the show.

[94] House is the head of the Department of Diagnostic Medicine at the PPTH, and is specialized in Infectious Disease and Nephrology . [95] He frequently watches medical shows and soap operas in his down time. [ edit ] Critical reception Laurie gained positive comments for his portrayal of Gregory House. House's pilot gained various positive reviews, TV Guide 's Matt Roush stated House was an "uncommon cure for the common medical drama". [106] Critics of The A.V. Club called House the "nastiest" black comedy from FOX since the 1996 short-lived television series Profit . [107] Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle described the show as a mixture of CSI:Crime Scene Investigation and ER . [108] The New York Magazine called the series "medical TV at its most satisfying and basic", and stated that the cast consisted of "[professional] actors playing doctors who come to care about their patients", [109] while The Boston Globe 's Matthew Gilbert appreciated that the episode did not sugarcoat the flaws of the characters to assuage viewers' fears about " HMO factories".

[110] In a recap of the show's pilot, Variety 's Brian Lowry said that House was a "A well-made medical hour with an intriguing star". [111] Critics considered the series to be a bright spot among FOX's otherwise reality show -based broadcast schedule. [112] [113] [114] Critics reacted positively to the character of Gregory House. [115] [116] Tom Shales of The Washington Post called him "the most electrifying character to hit television in years". [117] With Barbara Wellner, entertainment vice chair of the Television Academy activities committee, calling him "the most terminally malcontent television doctor since Ben Casey ". [12] Critics have compared Dr. House to Adrian Monk , Hercule Poirot , Nero Wolfe and Perry Cox . [98] [118] [119] In 2005, House was selected as the number 9 primetime show among women; [120] that same year, Laurie appeared on the cover of TV Guide as "TV's Sexiest Man".

[120] In 2008, House was voted second sexiest television doctor ever, behind Dr. Doug Ross ( George Clooney ), from ER. [121] [122] Hugh Laurie's performance of the character was praised by critics. [118] [123] San Francisco Chronicle's Tim Goodman said "Laurie is in short, about the only reason to watch House". [108] Gabrielle Donnelly of The Daily Mail said that because of Laurie's complex personality he was "perfectly cast" for the part of House. [122] [ edit ] Critic top ten lists Throughout its run, House has been included in various top ten lists, these are listed below in order of rank. – Chicago Sun-Times [d] [ edit ] U.S. television ratings Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps . Since its premiere House has been a ratings hit, having an average 13.3 million viewers per episode during its first season.

[128] The show had an average 17.3 million viewers during its second season, [129] and had a 19.4 million viewers average for its third season. [130] The show's fourth season was ranked seventh, with an average nielsen rating of 16.2 million viewers per episode. [1] According to Jacobs, the crew was surprised with the show's high ratings. [131] The most-watched episode of House to date is the season four episode " Frozen ", [132] the episode that followed Super Bowl XLII . [133] [134] It attracted slightly more than 29 million viewers. [135] It was ranked third for the week, tied with that week's seventh season episode of American Idol ( also on FOX ) and outranked only by the Super Bowl game and the Super Bowl post-game show . [136] Below is a table of the seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of House on FOX. Season Main article: List of House (TV series) awards and nominations “ House has redefined the medical television show.

No longer a world where an idealized doctor has all the answers or a hospital where gurneys race down the hallways, House's focus is on the pharmacological--and the intellectual demands of being a doctor. The trial-and-error of new medicine skillfully expands the show beyond the format of a classic procedural, and at the show's heart, a brilliant but flawed physician is doling out the prescriptions--a fitting symbol for modern medicine. ” —The American Film Institute Award judges. [137] House has received many awards and nominations. The show received a 2005 Peabody Award for what the Peabody board called an "unorthodox lead character – a misanthropic diagnostician" and for "cases fit for a medical Sherlock Holmes," both of which helped make House "the most distinctive new doctor drama in a decade." [138] The American Film Institute (AFI), included House in their 2005 list of 10 Television Programs of the Year.

[137] The show has also been nominated for various Golden Globe Awards , Hugh Laurie has received the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama in 2006 and again in 2007 . [139] [140] But it was not until 2008 , when the show was first nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Drama , however, the award was won by Mad Men . [141] House received nominations in the same two categories the following year, but failed to win any. [142] [143] [ edit ] Spin-off Rumors of a spin-off of the series began in 2008, when TV Guide 's Michael Ausiello reported that a private investigator introduced during House's fifth season would be getting his own show if he was "embraced" by the audience.

[152] [153] [154] In May that same year, IGN reported that this character would be portrayed by Michael Weston , [155] with The Hollywood Reporter saying that the character would be named Lucas Douglas and would be "as intelligent but not as abrasive as Dr. House". [156] [157] The rumors were confirmed by Entertainment Weekly [158] and Blog Critics . [25] In a late 2008 interview with The Star-Ledger , creator David Shore confirmed plans about the spinoff and said that it would be inspired by The Rockford Files . [159] [160] [ edit ] Other House M.D. Original Television Soundtrack was released on September 18, 2007, by Nettwerk . [163] The soundtrack includes full length versions of songs featured in the television series and previously unreleased songs especially recorded for the series. [164] There was also a House game for mobile phones released by Exelweiss, in Spanish and English .

[165] American Apparel 100% cotton T-shirts with the phrase "Everybody Lies" printed on them were sold in limited numbers from April 23 to April 30, 2007. [166] The shirts were sold for $ 19.95 apiece on Housecharitytees.com , and proceeds went to the National Alliance on Mental Illness . [166] [ edit ] Notes ^ McCosh Health Center, Princeton University's infirmary, is situated adjacent to Frist, and can be seen in some shots. [167] ^ In episode 11 of season 1, " Detox ", House admits that he is addicted to Vicodin. At the end of the episode, Wilson and House are discussing how House has changed since the infarction in his leg and Wilson asks, "And everything's the leg, nothing's the pills, they haven't done a thing to you?" To which House responds, "They let me do my job, and they take away my pain." ^ Foreman tells House this at the end of episode 21 of season 3, " Family ".

He then tells House, "You'll save more people than I will, but I'll settle for killing less. Consider this my two weeks notice." ^ The Chicago Tribune lists, as well as the 2008 Chicago Sun-Times list, are not ranked, they consist of 10 shows in alphabetical order. Adverts | Friends That.. was.. superb! Might be the only one to think this but I thought that was actually better than about 90% of the episodes in Season 5. I think it was the mixture of the new (and very different) surroundings, some stellar supporting performances (particularly from Andre Braugher - Dr Nolan - and Lin-Manuel Miranda - who played Alvie) and some very witty and fresh writing. House diddling "Herr Franka Potente" felt a bit too latched on.. and the rap was a bit silly but minor criticisms aside. This episode was the kick in the arse this show needed after season 5.. because outside of the closing few episodes (especially Kutner's death), season 5 really didn't impress me largely. This episode was sheer entertainment from beginning to end..

and unlike most of season 5, it didn't feel like a chore to finish. I thought Hugh Laurie was fantastic in this.. and if he's recognised by the Emmys next year (which he will I'd say), this will probably be the episode in which it'll be largely for. This took an amazing character like House (who was let's be fair starting to feel a big stagnant at times).. brought him into unfamiliar territory, away from tired characters like Cameron and Chase.. and let him loose. Yes, the first half was probably more entertaining than the second half, but scenes like the basketball court (as already mentioned) and the opening to Radiohead's 'No Suprises' will be remembered as personal highlights of the show when it does reach it's end. No, I didn't miss the hospital. I didn't miss Cutty, Cameron, Chase, Foreman or Thirteen. Wilson is the best character in the show besides 'House' (so was happy to see him), while I would have liked to see Taub. I just really hope the show doesn't suffer the same fate as season 5 with House back in the hospital from next week.

I have a feeling this episode will be one of my, if not THE, best episode(s) of a show in 2009. Speaking of which.. it kicked arse in the ratings last night in the US with 17 million viewers! Welcome back House..!

Question: ‘Teardrop’ by Massive Attack is the theme tune to which US television medical drama starring Hugh Laurie?
Answer: House